Working and Studying with Anxiety
Working and studying with anxiety can be overwhelming. Learn about challenges, reasonable adjustments, communication needs, and practical coping strategies.
Learning, Enterprise and Wellbeing
Encouraging disabled and long-term unemployed people to learn new skills or start a business can improve financial independence, mental health, and create a more sustainable future for generations to come.
Shaping a More Neuroinclusive Wales: Building a Sustainable, Inclusive Future for All
Shaping a more neuroinclusive Wales through sustainable business practices, community collaboration, and inclusive design. Discover how Wales can lead as a flagship nation for disabled people.
What is the Better Care Fund?
Discover how the Better Care Fund integrates health and social care to support individuals and unpaid carers, offering essential services like respite care and short breaks. Learn about eligibility and how this vital programme can benefit you.
Living with FND: One Young Man’s Journey of Resilience, Awareness, and Hope
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) can change a life in an instant. One man’s courageous journey reveals the hidden reality of living with a condition that disrupts the brain’s ability to send and receive signals—despite normal scans and test results. Through weakness, tremors, mobility challenges, and daily unpredictability, he has discovered resilience he never knew he had. By sharing his story, he hopes to break the stigma, raise awareness, and empower others who feel unheard. His message is simple: FND is real, recovery is possible, and no one should face it alone.
Wedding Planning And Disability Challenges
When planning a wedding, it is important to consider the comfort and accessibility needs of yourself and your guests who may have visible or hidden disabilities. This includes ensuring the venue is fully accessible, providing adequate seating, offering quiet or low-stimulus areas for guests with sensory sensitivities, and making sure pathways, restrooms, and entrances accommodate mobility aids.
Understanding Hidden Disabilities
Discover the importance of recognising hidden disabilities and supporting individuals with non-visible conditions. Learn how retailers, businesses, schools, and employers can promote inclusion through the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme, staff awareness, and everyday respect.
Guide To Blue Badge Parking
There is no single national rule for residents’ bays. The national Blue Badge concessions do not automatically include resident-only bays; councils set local rules. Some allow Blue Badge parking in resident bays; others prohibit it. What this means: If your street is “Permit Holders Only” (or similar), check the sign and your council’s website. If resident bays aren’t listed among places Blue Badges can be used, you’ll likely need a resident permit/exemption or a dedicated disabled bay issued by the council.
Zara Todd to Lead New Government Panel on Health and Disability Policy
Disability rights campaigner brings lived experience and expertise to shape future UK policy The UK Government has appointed disability rights expert Zara Todd to lead a newly established panel tasked …
Travelling Abroad, A Guide for Abled and Disabled Passengers
Traveling with a disability or hidden condition takes planning, but it shouldn’t stop you from seeing the world. Whether you’re worried about customs, the DWP, or managing OCD while abroad, being informed and prepared can make all the difference. Remember: not all disabilities are visible, and you have every right to ask for support from airlines, and airport staff,.